[Event "US Open-114"]
[Site "Middleton"]
[Date "2013.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.07.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qf3 d6 8. Bd2 0-0 9. Nc2 Bc5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. 0-0 Bd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. a3 Be8 17. Rd3 Rac8 18. Rf3 Ne5 19. Rxf6 Kg7 20. Rf4 Ba7 21. Rd1 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rd3 b5 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. Rf6 d5 26. exd5 exd5 27. Ne1 Rc6 28. Rxc6 Bxc6 29. Rd3 d4 30. Ne2 a5 31. h3 Re8 32. Kf1 Bd5 33. Nf3 Bc4 34. Rd2 a4 35. Nh4 Bb6 36. Nf5 Ba5 37. Rxd4 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "World op 41st"]
[Site "Arlington"]
[Date "2013.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 a6 8. Qc2 b5 9. Ne5 Ra7 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. e4 c5 12. dxc5 Qd4 13. c6 Qxe5 14. cxb7 Rxb7 15. Bf4 Qc5 16. Qxc5 Bxc5 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nc3 Rd7 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Rac1 Bd4 21. Rc2 Re7 22. Bxd5 Rfe8 23. Re1 Nd7 24. e6 fxe6 25. Bd6 exd5 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxe7 Kf7 28. Bb4 Bb6 29. Rc6 a5 30. Rd6 Ke8 31. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 22nd"]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2013.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Santarius, Erik F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2013.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. c3 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 Bd6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qc2 Nd5 14. 0-0-0 Qf6 15. Nd2 Bf4 16. Rde1 0-0-0 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. Re3 Kb8 22. Nc5 Qa5 23. Re5 Nd5 24. Kb1 Qc7 25. f4 Ka8 26. Qf2 Rh7 27. f5 exf5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Qxf5 g6 30. Qf3 a6 31. Rhe1 f6 32. R5e2 Rdh8 33. c4 Rxh3 34. Qg4 Rg3 35. Qe6 Nb6 36. Qxf6 Rh7 37. Ne4 Rg4 38. Nd6 Rd7 39. c5 Ka7 40. Re8 Rxd6 41. cxd6 Qd7 42. R8e7 Qf5+ 43. Qxf5 gxf5 44. Rf7 Rxd4 45. Ree7 a5 46. Rxb7+ Ka6 47. Ra7+ Kb5 48. Rxf5+ c5 49. Rc7 Nd5 50. Rf1 Nb6 51. Rf3 a4 52. Rc3 c4 53. Rh7 Rxd6 54. Rh5+ Kc6 55. b3 axb3 56. axb3 Rd4 57. Kb2 Kb7 58. Rh6 Ka7 59. Ka3 cxb3 60. Rc7+ Kb8 61. Rg7 Nd7 62. Kxb3 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op 22nd"]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2013.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Nge2 Nf8 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. 0-0 Ng6 14. Nc5 Bc8 15. Rad1 0-0 16. Qc2 Kh8 17. Rfe1 Rg8 18. Ng3 b6 19. Nb3 Bg4 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Bc4 Qf8 22. Ba6 Rc7 23. d5 Bd6 24. dxc6 Bf4 25. Ra1 Ne5 26. Qe4 Qh6 27. Nd4 Qg5 28. Be2 Bc8 29. Nf3 Qh6 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Bf3 f5 32. Qd5 Bxg3 33. hxg3 e4 34. Be2 Qxc6 35. Qd4+ Rgg7 36. Qd8+ Rg8 37. Qd4+ Rgg7 38. Rad1 h6 39. Qe5 Qe6 40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Qf4 Qf6 42. Red1 Qg5 43. b3 Qxf4 44. gxf4 Bb7 45. Bc4 e3 46. g3 Be4 47. Re1 exf2+ 48. Kxf2 Rgd7 49. Rd1 Rxd1 50. Rxd1 Kg7 51. Rd6 b5 52. Bxb5 Rc2+ 53. Be2 Rxa2 54. Ra6 Rb2 55. Rxa7+ Kg6 56. Ra6+ Kg7 57. Rd6 Rxb3 58. Bh5 Rb2+ 59. Ke3 Rb3+ 60. Kf2 Rb2+ 61. Ke3 Rb3+ 62. Kd4 Rd3+ 63. Ke5 Rxd6 64. Kxd6 Kf6 65. Bd1 Bd3 66. Bb3 Bb5 67. Bd5 Be8 68. Bf3 Bf7 69. Kd7 Be6+ 70. Ke8 Bf7+ 71. Kf8 Be6 72. Ke8 Bf7+ 73. Kf8 Be6 74. Ke8 Bf7+ 75. Kd7 Be6+ 76. Kd6 Bc4 77. Bd5 Bb5 78. Kc5 Be8 79. Kd4 Bd7 80. Ke3 Be8 81. Kf2 Bd7 82. Kg2 Be8 83. Kh3 Kg6 84. Bc4 Kf6 85. Kh4 Bg6 86. Be2 Be8 87. Bd1 Kg7 88. Bc2 Kf6 89. Bd3 Bg6 90. Bb5 Bf7 91. Bd7 Bg6 92. Bc6 Bf7 93. Bf3 Be8 94. Bh5 Bd7 95. Kh3 Bc6 96. Kh2 Bd5 97. Kg1 Be6 98. Kf2 Bd5 99. Ke3 Be6 100. Kd4 Bb3 101. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mid America op 17th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2013.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. d6 Qxd6 11. Bf3 a6 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Nc5 Bd5 15. Nxd5 Nfxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. c3 Rac8 18. Nb3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Qe5 20. Qd3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Kf8 23. Kf2 e6 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. a4 Be5 26. h3 h5 27. Na5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rc7 29. Nb3 f5 30. Kf3 g5 31. Na5 b6 32. Nb3 Rc4 33. a5 b5 34. Nd2 Rc8 35. Nb3 Rc4 36. Nd2 Ra4 37. Nb3 b4 38. Nc5 Rxa5 39. cxb4 Ra2 40. Rd7+ Kf6 41. Rd2 Bc3 42. Rd6 g4+ 43. hxg4 hxg4+ 44. Kf2 Rxb2+ 45. Kf1 Rb1+ 46. Ke2 Re1+ 47. Kf2 g3+ 48. Kf3 Rf1+ 49. Ke2 Rf2+ 50. Kd1 Bxb4 51. Rxe6+ Kf7 52. Rc6 Bxc5 53. Rxc5 Kf6 54. Ra5 Rxg2 55. Ke1 Rf2 56. Rxa6+ Kg5 57. Ra8 Kg4 58. Rg8+ Kf3 59. Rg5 Re2+ 60. Kd1 Rxe3 61. Rxf5+ Kg4 62. Rf8 g2 63. Rg8+ Kh3 64. Rh8+ Kg3 65. Rg8+ Kf2 66. Rf8+ Rf3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis op 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Diamant, Andre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Nb3 Nfxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Qxd5 Bxb5 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 17. Rfd1 Rdc8 18. c3 a5 19. Ba3 Be8 20. Nd2 b5 21. Ne4 b4 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Nd6 Rcb8 24. Nxe8 bxa3 25. Nxg7 axb2 26. Rab1 Kxg7 27. Kf1 Rxa2 28. Ke2 Ra5 29. Rd2 Rab5 30. f3 R8b7 31. Ke3 f5 32. g3 Rb3+ 33. Ke2 e4 34. fxe4 fxe4 35. Rd4 e3 36. Rc4 Rf7 37. Ra1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis op 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Young, Angelo"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d6 8. d3 0-0 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. h3 Re8 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. a4 Qd7 13. 0-0 Bf8 14. g3 d5 15. Kg2 Bd6 16. Re1 Rab8 17. Qd1 Nd8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qb3 Nf7 20. Ra6 Qc8 21. Ra7 Ra8 22. Qa2 Rxa7 23. Qxa7 Qa8 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. d4 Nd7 26. Nb3 c6 27. Ng5 Nxg5 28. Bxg5 Ra2 29. Bc1 Kf7 30. f4 exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis op 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bd6 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Re1 0-0 12. Nh4 g6 13. f4 Ng4 14. Nhf3 f6 15. h3 Nh6 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Nf1 Bd7 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Qf2 Ng8 20. Qg3 Rae8 21. Ne3 c6 22. a4 Nf6 23. Nf5+ Bxf5 24. exf5 Nd7 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Rxa6 Qe6 28. Ng5 Qd5 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis op 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2012.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. Be3 Ne8 13. f4 Bf6 14. c3 exf4 15. Bxf4 Be5 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Qh3 Nef6 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Rd4 Re8 20. Nd2 Ng6 21. Bd3 Qe7 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Qc7 24. Rd4 Nf8 25. Kh1 Qd8 26. Qh5 g6 27. Qf3 Rc7 28. Rf4 Ree7 29. Rf6 Rcd7 30. Qf4 Qb6 31. Be2 Qe3 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Bg4 Rde7 34. Rxd6 f5 35. Bf3 Nd7 36. c4 Kf7 37. Re6 Ne5 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39. b3 Kd6 40. Kg1 Rd3 41. Re1 b6 42. Kf2 Rd2+ 43. Re2 Nd3+ 44. Ke3 Rxe2+ 45. Bxe2 Nc1 46. Bd1 Nxa2 47. Kf4 h6 48. h4 Nb4 49. h5 Nd3+ 50. Ke3 Ne5 51. Kf4 Nd3+ 52. Ke3 Ne5 53. hxg6 Nxg6 54. Bc2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings Island op 21st"]
[Site "Mason"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Ofek, Ariel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. 0-0 d6 7. Bb3 0-0 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 Be6 12. d4 Qe8 13. Ng3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Qb5 15. Qc2 c5 16. Bg5 Ne8 17. c4 Qc6 18. d5 Qd7 19. Nf5 Nc7 20. Nh2 f6 21. Bd2 b5 22. b3 Bb6 23. Re3 Ne7 24. Rg3 Nxf5 25. exf5 a5 26. h4 Qf7 27. Qe4 Qh5 28. Rh3 g6 29. Rg3 Kf7 30. Ng4 Ke7 31. Nh6 a4 32. Rf1 axb3 33. axb3 Ra2 34. Be3 Raa8 35. Qc2 b4 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Rxg6 Ne8 38. g4 Ra2 39. Qd3 e4 40. Qxe4+ Qe5 41. Qf3 Bc7 42. Re1 Ra1 43. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 44. Kg2 Qb1 45. Nf5+ Kd8 46. Bh6 Rh8 47. Qe3 Kc8 48. Bg7 Nxg7 49. Rxg7 Kb8 50. Qe7 Ka8 51. Qxc7 Qe4+ 52. Kg3 Qe5+ 53. Kh3 Rxh4+ 54. Nxh4 1-0

[Event "US op Denker 113th"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2012.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brown, Michael William"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2012.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nge2 Bd6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Bg2 f5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. h4 Rfe8 15. Nf4 Nf6 16. Nce2 h6 17. Rfc1 Ne4 18. Rc2 Kg7 19. Bf3 a5 20. Nc1 Ra6 21. Be2 Rb6 22. Ncd3 Bxf4 23. Nxf4 Nd6 24. Rb1 f6 25. Bd3 Bf7 26. Re2 Ne4 27. f3 Nd6 28. Kf2 Rc8 29. Rc2 a4 30. Rg1 Nc4 31. g4 fxg4 32. Rxg4+ Kf8 33. Ng6+ Bxg6 34. Rxg6 Nxb2 35. Bf5 Re8 36. Rxf6+ Kg7 37. Rg6+ Kf7 38. Rg1 Kf6 39. e4 a3 40. Rg6+ Kf7 41. Rxh6 Nc4 42. e5 Re7 43. Rh7+ Kf8 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Rh7+ Kf8 46. Rxe7 Kxe7 47. f4 Ra6 48. h5 b5 49. h6 b4 50. h7 Ra8 51. Rc1 Kf7 52. Bd7 Nb2 53. Ke2 Rh8 54. Bxc6 Ke6 55. Rh1 b3 56. Rh6+ Kf5 57. Bxd5 bxa2 58. Kf3 a1N 1-0

[Event "US op Denker 113th"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2012.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yang, Darwin"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qh4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 0-0 13. 0-0-0 b5 14. Ne4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Rb8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Rd3 Rd8 19. Rhd1 Rb7 20. Ra3 Rbd7 21. Be2 f5 22. Kc2 Kg7 23. g3 Rc7 24. f4 Kf6 25. b4 Ke7 26. Kc3 Rd6 27. Bf3 f6 28. Ra5 Kd7 29. a3 Rb7 30. Kc4 Kc7 31. Kc5 a6 32. a4 Rb6 33. h3 Rd8 34. g4 Bd7 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Rg1 Rdb8 37. Rg7 h5 38. Be2 Rxb4 39. Rxa6 Kc8 40. Rg8+ Kc7 41. Rxb8 Rxb8 42. Ra7+ Kd8 43. Kd6 Be8 44. a5 Kc8 45. a6 Rb2 1-0

[Event "USA-chB U20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Sturt, Raven M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. 0-0-0 Ngf6 16. Rhe1 0-0 17. Nf5 exf5 18. Rxe7 Qd6 19. Re2 Nxh5 20. Qxf5 Nhf6 21. Ne5 Rfe8 22. f4 b5 23. Rde1 Rf8 24. g4 bxc4 25. g5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Qd7 27. Qc2 Nd5 28. gxh6 g6 29. e6 Qe7 30. Rg2 Kh7 31. exf7 Qxf7 32. Qxc4 Rae8 33. Rge2 Qd7 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Rf1 Re6 36. Qc5 Rd6 37. Qc2 Re6 38. Qb3 Nf6 39. Qb8 Re8 40. Qf4 Re6 41. Qb8 Re8 42. Qf4 Re6 43. Bb4 a6 44. Qb8 Qxd4 45. Qc7+ Kxh6 46. Bd2+ Kh5 47. Rh1+ Kg4 48. Qh2 Qc4+ 49. Kd1 Kf5 50. Qh6 Qg4+ 51. Kc1 Ke5 52. Bc3+ Kf5 53. Rf1+ Ke4 54. Qd2 c5 55. Kc2 Qg3 56. Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "USA-chB U20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nc6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 0-0 9. Ne2 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. g4 a5 13. c3 a4 14. Bc2 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. h4 d5 17. h5 d4 18. Bc1 Nc5 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Nf4 d3 21. Nxd3 a3 22. hxg6 Nxd3+ 23. Bxd3 axb2 24. Qh3 bxc1Q+ 25. Rxc1 h6 26. gxf7+ Rxf7 27. Bc4 Qa5+ 28. Kf1 Nd5 29. Qd3 Raf8 30. Rh2 Qb6 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Qxd5 Kh8 33. Qc5 Qe6 34. Qe3 Rf3 35. Qe2 Bd4 36. Ke1 Bxf2+ 37. Kd1 Rd8+ 38. Kc2 Qxa2# 0-1

[Event "USA-chB U20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Perez, Robert M"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qd6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Qxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Nc3 c5 15. Rd1 Qh5 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Qh4 Qf5 18. Qg5 Qh3 19. e4 Nd7 20. Bf4 h6 21. Qh4 Qxh4 22. gxh4 Nb6 23. Nb5 Re6 24. Nc7 Rg6+ 25. Bg3 Rc8 26. Nb5 Ba6 27. Nd6 Ra8 28. Rac1 Be2 29. Rd2 Bxf3 30. Rxc5 Re6 31. e5 Re7 32. Rd4 Bh5 33. e6 Bg6 34. h5 Bb1 35. exf7+ Kf8 36. a4 Ba2 37. Rf5 Be6 38. Rf3 Nd5 39. Be5 Rd8 40. Rg3 Bxf7 41. Bxg7+ Kg8 42. Bf6+ Kf8 43. Bxe7+ Nxe7 44. Rf3 1-0

[Event "USA-chB U20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Williams, Justus D"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Nc6 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. e3 Qh5 12. h3 Nd5 13. b3 a5 14. Bb2 Ndb4 15. Qe2 b6 16. Nc4 f6 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Rac1 Rab8 19. g4 Qf7 20. Nh2 Na7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. f4 Nc8 23. Nf3 c6 24. Kh1 Kh8 25. Qg2 Nd5 26. Rg1 Bb4 27. Qf2 Qg6 28. Rg3 Qe4 29. Kg1 b5 30. Nfd2 Qg6 31. axb5 cxb5 32. Na3 Nd6 33. Nab1 a4 34. Qg2 Ra7 35. bxa4 bxa4 36. f5 Qg5 37. Ba3 Bxa3 38. Nxa3 Nxe3 39. Qf2 Nd5 40. Rf1 exf5 41. gxf5 Qh6 42. Rb1 Nf4 43. Kh2 Re7 44. Re1 Rxe1 45. Qxe1 Re8 46. Qd1 Nxf5 47. Rc3 Qh4 48. Qf1 h6 49. Qb5 Qf2+ 50. Kh1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "USA-chB U20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. Qd3 d6 16. Bc3 0-0 17. b3 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Qg3 Rc6 20. Rae1 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Bd2 Be5 23. Qh3 Qc7 24. Bg4 Re8 25. f4 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Qd6 27. f5 e5 28. c3 Nf6 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. Be2 Rec8 31. Bd3 e4 32. Bb1 Qa3 33. Bg5 Re8 34. Qh4 Qe7 35. Qf2 h6 36. Bh4 Qb4 37. Bxf6 Rxf6 38. Rd1 d3 39. Qe1 Qf8 40. Qe3 Rxf5 41. Rxf5 Qxf5 42. Bxd3 Re6 43. Be2 Rd6 44. Qc5 Rd7 45. Bxa6 Kh7 46. h3 Qh5 47. Qd4 Ra7 48. Bc8 Rxa2 49. Bg4 Qg6 50. Qxd5 Rf2 51. Re1 Rf4 52. g3 Rf8 53. Kh2 Kh8 54. Qxe4 Qb6 55. Qe3 Qb5 56. Bf3 Qb4 57. Bg2 Rb8 58. Rf1 Qa3 59. Qe6 Qb2 60. Kh1 Qc3 61. Kh2 Qb2 62. Rf7 Rd8 63. Re7 Rf8 64. Re8 Rxe8 65. Qxe8+ Kh7 66. Qe4+ g6 67. b4 h5 68. h4 Kh8 69. Qe8+ Kg7 70. b5 g5 71. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-chB U20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 f5 7. d4 Nf6 8. b4 0-0 9. b5 Ne7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ba3 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Re8 13. 0-0 Bf8 14. Na4 g5 15. Nec3 Rb8 16. Nc5 Ng6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5+ Kg7 19. Bb4 Be7 20. Nd3 e4 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nb4 Ne5 23. c5 Bd7 24. c6 bxc6 25. Bxc6 Rxb5 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7+ Nxd7 28. Nc6 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Rc1 c5 31. Rc4 Kf6 32. Kf1 Rd5 33. g4 Ke5 34. gxf5 Kxf5 35. f3 Rd1+ 36. Ke2 Rh1 37. Rxc5+ Kf6 38. Rc6+ Kf5 39. fxe4+ Kxe4 40. Re6+ Kf5 41. Rh6 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-chB U20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arnold, Marc Tyler"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. a4 Bd6 8. Nd2 0-0 9. Nxc4 Bc7 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Ne5 Nfd5 12. Bc1 Ne7 13. Nf3 Ng6 14. 0-0 a5 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Rd1 Nb4 17. Qb1 b6 18. e4 Bb7 19. Be3 Qb8 20. Na2 Nxa2 21. Qxa2 Qa7 22. h4 h6 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Nd2 Rfd8 25. Nc4 Nf8 26. Qa3 Nd7 27. Bf4 Nf6 28. Bd6 Bxd6 29. Nxd6 Rb8 30. e5 Nd5 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Qf3 Rf8 33. Rc3 Ba8 34. Qg4 Kh7 35. h5 Rbd8 36. Qe2 Qd7 37. Rf3 Qg4 38. Re1 Qxh5 39. Rxf7 Qxe2 40. Rxe2 Rxf7 41. Nxf7 Re8 42. e6 Re7 43. Nd6 c5 44. Nf5 Re8 45. e7 cxd4 46. Nd6 Bc6 47. Nxe8 Bxe8 48. Kf1 Kg8 49. Ke1 Kf7 50. b3 g5 51. Kd2 Bd7 52. Re5 Ke8 53. Kd3 Bg4 54. Kxd4 Bd1 55. Kxd5 Bxb3+ 56. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 21st"]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Gulamali, Kazim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 a5 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Bh4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Qe3 Nbd7 14. Ne2 Bf8 15. h3 exd4 16. Nexd4 Bh5 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Qg5 Nc5 19. f3 Nfd7 20. Nf1 Be7 21. Qf4 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Ng3 Qb6 24. Kh1 Ncxe4 25. Ngf5 Nh5 26. Qh4 Neg3+ 27. Nxg3 Nxg3+ 28. Qxg3 Qxd4 29. Rad1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 d5 31. Qc7 Qd2 32. Re7 Rf8 33. Qd7 h5 34. Qxb7 Bxc2 35. Bxc2 Qxc2 36. Rc7 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 Re8 39. Rc8 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Rxc8 43. Qxc8+ Kh7 44. Qf5+ Kh6 45. g4 Qxb2+ 46. Kh1 g6 47. Qxf7 Qc1+ 48. Kg2 Qb2+ 49. Kh1 Kg5 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. f4+ Kh4 52. Qe7+ Kxh3 53. Qe3+ Kg4 54. Qg1+ Kxf4 55. Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op 21st"]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2012.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. Re1 d6 6. d3 0-0 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 c6 13. d4 Re8 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Be3 Be6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nf8 19. dxe5 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 dxe5 21. Nxe5 N6d7 22. f6+ Ng6 23. f4 gxf6 24. h4 fxe5 25. h5 Qb6 26. hxg6+ fxg6 27. Qxb6 Nxb6 28. fxe5 Re7 29. Rad1 Rae8 30. Rd6 Re6 31. Rf1 Rxd6 32. exd6 Kg7 33. Bb3 Rf8 34. Re1 Nc8 35. d7 Nb6 36. Re8 Nxd7 37. Re7+ Kf6 38. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 21st"]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2012.05.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mandizha, Farai"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2012.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. b4 Bxb4 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. Ng5 0-0 9. f4 exd4 10. cxd4 h6 11. Nxf7 Rxf7 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Nc3 d5 14. e5 Bg4 15. Qd3 Ne4 16. f5 Nb4 17. Qe3 Bg5 18. Rf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qg5 20. Nxe4 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 dxe4 22. Rf1 Bxf5 23. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis op 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hua, Margaret"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1966"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 0-0 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. b4 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Ba2 Nh5 13. Nf1 Nhf4 14. d4 Qd7 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Ng3 h6 18. Kh2 f6 19. Qd2 Qf7 20. d5 Rfd8 21. c4 Rd7 22. Rac1 c6 23. Rc2 c5 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Bb6 26. Ra2 Rxa2 27. Qxa2 Nd3 28. Rd1 Nb4 29. Qb3 Rd8 30. Bd2 Ba5 31. Ne1 Ra8 32. Nc2 Nxc2 33. Qxc2 Bxd2 34. Qxd2 Nh4 35. Qb2 Ra4 36. Qc2 Ra5 37. Qc3 Ra8 38. Ra1 Rf8 39. Ra7 f5 40. exf5 Nxf5 41. Nxf5 Qxf5 42. Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis op 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Landrum, Stephen"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 0-0 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. 0-0 Qe7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Rf3 Rad8 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Be1 Bf6 15. Rh3 g6 16. Qf3 c5 17. c3 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Qe7 19. Rf1 Bg7 20. g4 Bc8 21. Be1 Qd7 22. f5 exf5 23. gxf5 Qc6 24. Bh4 Rde8 25. Rg3 Bh6 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 Rd8 28. Qh5 Qd7 29. Rf3 f6 30. Rgg3 g5 31. h4 Qf7 32. Qh6 Qg7 33. Qh5 h6 34. e4 dxe4 35. Bxe4 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Olivera Medrano, Joan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2011.08.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis"]
[BlackTeam "Miami"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. c3 Be7 8. Nbd2 c5 9. Nf1 Nc6 10. a3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Ng3 h5 13. h4 Rc8 14. Bf4 Nc4 15. Ng5 b5 16. Nxh5 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Bf8 18. b3 Qc3 19. Re1 Qxb3 20. Rh3 Qa4 21. Bc1 Rc7 22. Qg4 Ncxe5 23. Nxe6 Rxc1 24. Nexg7+ Bxg7 25. Nxg7+ Kf8 26. Ne6+ fxe6 27. Qf4+ Ke8 28. Rxc1 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 b4 30. axb4 Ba6 31. Kg1 Rf8 32. Qe3 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 Qxb4 34. Qg6+ Ke7 35. Qg5+ Rf6 36. Qg7+ Kd6 37. Qg3+ e5 38. dxe5+ Nxe5 39. Qg7 Nd7 40. Qg3+ Ne5 41. Qg7 Rf7 42. Qh6+ Kd7 43. Qe3 Qb6 44. Qh3+ Kd6 45. Rf1 d4 46. Qa3+ Qc5 47. Qa6+ Nc6 48. Re1 Qc2 49. Qa3+ Kd7 50. Qh3+ Qf5 51. Qg3 d3 52. Rd1 Ne5 53. Qe3 Ke6 54. Ra1 Qf4 55. Qc5 Kf6 56. h5 d2 57. Qd6+ Kg7 58. Qc5 Qg5 59. Qc3 Rd7 60. Rd1 Kh6 61. Kf1 Rd6 62. Qb4 Rd8 63. f4 Qxh5 64. Rxd2 Qh1+ 65. Kf2 Ng4+ 66. Kf3 Nh2+ 67. Kf2 Qf1+ 68. Kg3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.08.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis"]
[BlackTeam "Philadelphia Inventors"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Be3 Rc8 9. Be2 Nb4 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Be7 13. Bf3 0-0 14. Kh1 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Nc5 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ne6 23. Be3 Rxc2 24. Rd7 Rxa2 25. Rxb7 Ra1+ 26. Bg1 h5 27. Rb3 Nf4 28. Re3 Ra2 29. Rf3 g5 30. h4 Ne2 31. Bf2 g4 32. Re3 Kf8 33. g3 Ke7 34. Kg2 Ke6 35. Kf1 Nd4 36. Rd3 Nf5 37. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Kings-Queens 960"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.09.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Queens"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 Nf6 8. Nd2 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. a4 a5 11. c3 Bb6 12. axb5 cxb5 13. h3 0-0 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Nf1 d5 16. Qf3 dxe4 17. dxe4 h6 18. Ng3 Nh7 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. h4 Bc8 21. Bd5 Ra7 22. g3 Be6 23. Kg2 Kh8 24. Rh1 Rd7 25. Bc6 Bxf5 26. exf5 Re7 27. Be4 Rd8 28. g4 Qd6 29. g5 Rg8 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Qd3 Qc5 32. Be3 Qc7 33. Bxb6 Qxb6 34. Qd6 Qxd6 35. Rxd6 hxg5 36. hxg5 Rb8 37. f6 Ra7 38. Rad1 Nf8 39. Rd8 Rxd8 40. Rxd8 Kg8 41. Rb8 gxf6 42. gxf6 b4 43. c4 Ra6 44. c5 a4 45. c6 Ra7 46. Rc8 a3 47. c7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Kings-Queens 960"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.09.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Queens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Nc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bc5 10. Nbd6+ Ke7 11. Nxc8+ Raxc8 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bxc5+ Rxc5 14. Ke1 Nb4 15. Rc1 b5 16. a3 Nxc2+ 17. Rxc2 bxc4 18. Be2 Ne5 19. f4 Ng6 20. g3 Rhc8 21. Kf2 Kf6 22. Rhc1 e5 23. b4 R5c7 24. Bg4 Rd8 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 exf4 27. gxf4 Rd6 28. Bf3 Ra6 29. Bg4 Ne7 30. Rd4 g6 31. Rd3 Rc6 32. b5 Rc4 33. Kf3 Ra4 34. Bd7 Ra5 35. h4 h5 36. Rd6+ Kg7 37. Ra6 Rxa6 38. bxa6 Nf5 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Ke3 Kf6 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Kc5 Kd7 43. Kd5 f6 44. a4 Ke7 45. Kc6 Ke6 46. Kb7 Kd7 47. Kxa7 Kc7 48. a5 Kc8 49. Kb6 Kb8 50. Kc6 Ka7 51. Kd6 Kxa6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Kings-Queens 960"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.09.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.09.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Queens"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qh5 Qf6 11. Bb3 Bc7 12. Na3 Qg6 13. Qxg6 hxg6 14. Be3 f5 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Bf7+ Ke7 17. Bc5+ Kd8 18. Be6 Nf6 19. Rxd7+ Nxd7 20. Rd1 Kc8 21. Bxd7+ Kb8 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Bxf5 b6 24. Be7 a5 25. Nc4 Re8 26. Rd7 Ra7 27. g3 b5 28. Ne3 b4 29. Bc5 Rb7 30. Nc4 Rb5 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Bxd6+ Ka8 33. Be4 Rc8 34. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Kings-Queens 960"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.09.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Queens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. h3 Be7 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Ne2 0-0 10. c3 d5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Ng3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ba6 17. Nxe4 Rab8 18. Nd2 Rd5 19. c4 Rxe5 20. 0-0 Rd8 21. Nf3 Re4 22. Bxa7 Bxc4 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bf6 25. Bb6 Ra8 26. a5 g6 27. Ne5 Bb5 28. Nd7 Bb2 29. Re3 h5 30. Rb3 Bg7 31. Re3 Kh7 32. Re7 Kg8 33. Re3 Ba1 34. Ra3 Bb2 35. Rb3 Ba1 36. Ra3 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Kings-Queens 960"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.09.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2011.09.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Queens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bc5 b6 10. Ba3 b5 11. Bc5 Nd7 12. Be3 Nd4 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nb6 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. 0-0 0-0 19. a5 b5 20. Rfe1 Bb7 21. Rad1 Qc5 22. Qg5 Qc7 23. Ra1 Rfe8 24. Qh4 Re7 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nf3 Rae8 27. Nh2 h5 28. Nf1 Bh6 29. Ng3 Qe5 30. Nf1 Qc5 31. f3 b3 32. cxb3 Qb4 33. Qf2 Qxb3 34. Qc2 Qb4 35. Kh1 Bf4 36. Re2 Rc8 37. Qd1 Rec7 38. Qe1 Qb3 39. Qd1 Qe6 40. Qe1 Rc1 41. Rxc1 Rxc1 42. Qf2 Qb3 43. Bc2 Qxb2 44. g3 Bxg3 45. Qxg3 Rxc2 46. Rxc2 Qxc2 47. Qb8+ Qc8 48. Qd6 Qxh3+ 49. Kg1 Qxf3 50. Qxd4 Qxe4 51. Qd8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.08.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis"]
[BlackTeam "Los Angeles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Nd2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. a4 a5 12. 0-0 0-0 13. f4 Rfe8 14. Rae1 Bf8 15. Qf3 b5 16. Nd2 Rab8 17. b3 Kh8 18. g4 exf4 19. Bxf4 b4 20. Ne2 c5 21. d5 Nb6 22. g5 Nfd7 23. Bg3 Re7 24. Kh1 g6 25. Nc1 Bg7 26. Nd3 Rbe8 27. Re2 Kg8 28. h4 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Ref2 Rf8 32. Qd3 Qe7 33. Rf6 c4 34. Qd4 Nd7 35. R6f4 c3 36. Nc4 Nc5 37. Nxa5 Rxe4 38. Nc6 Qd7 39. Rxe4 Qh3+ 40. Kg1 Qg3+ 41. Kh1 Qh3+ 42. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Crossville"]
[Date "2011.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Bodek, Michael H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2011.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. a4 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. d6 Qxd6 12. Ndb5 Qb8 13. Bc5 Nc6 14. Bf3 a6 15. Na3 Be6 16. h3 Rd8 17. Qe2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Qe3 Rd6 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qc7 22. Ne2 Re8 23. b4 Bc8 24. Nc3 Ng4 25. Bxg4 Bxc3 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. b5 Bb4 28. c4 Qc5 29. Nc2 Qxc4 30. Nxb4 Qxb4 31. Rd7 axb5 32. axb5 Qxb5 33. Qxe7 Qf5 34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Qxd8+ Kg7 36. Qb6 Qd5 37. Qb2+ Kg8 38. Qb6 Qc6 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qd4+ Qf6 41. Qb4 b6 42. g3 h6 43. Qb5 Qd6 44. Qb2+ Kg8 45. Qc1 h5 46. h4 Qc5 47. Qa1 b5 48. Qa8+ Kg7 49. Qa1+ Kh7 50. Kf1 b4 51. Qa2 Qe7 52. Qb3 Kg8 53. Qc4 Qb7 54. Qb3 Qe4 55. f3 Qd4 56. Ke2 Kg7 57. Kf1 Qd6 58. Kf2 Qc5+ 59. Kf1 Qd4 60. Ke2 Kf6 61. Qc2 Qa1 62. Qc6+ Kg7 63. Qc2 Qa3 64. Qd2 Qb3 65. Qd4+ Kh7 66. g4 Qc2+ 67. Ke3 hxg4 68. fxg4 b3 69. Qd5 Qc3+ 70. Ke2 Kg7 71. h5 b2 72. Qd1 Qe5+ 73. Kf3 gxh5 74. Kf2 h4 75. Kg1 h3 76. g5 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Crossville"]
[Date "2011.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Brown, Michael William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2011.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. 0-0 a6 7. b4 Ba7 8. a4 0-0 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 d5 15. Nf5 Qd7 16. h3 Rd8 17. b5 Na5 18. bxa6 bxa6 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Qc2 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Qe2 Kh7 23. Ng5+ hxg5 24. Qh5+ Rh6 25. Nxh6 Nf4 26. Qxg5 f6 27. Qf5+ Kxh6 28. Re4 g6 29. Qg4 Rxd3 30. Rae1 Qd7 31. Rxf4 exf4 32. Qxf4+ Kg7 33. Qb4 Rd1 34. Qe4 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Kf7 36. Qe4 Qd6 37. Qe2 c5 38. Qg4 f5 39. Qh4 c4 40. Qh7+ Ke8 41. Qg7 Qe6 42. Qa7 Nb3 43. Qb8+ Kf7 44. Qc7+ Kf6 45. Qd8+ Ke5 46. Kh1 Ke4 47. Kg1 Qe5 48. Qa8+ Kd3 49. Qxa6 Kxc3 50. Qxg6 Kb2 51. f4 Qxf4 52. a5 Nxa5 53. h4 c3 54. Qf6 Nb3 55. h5 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Crossville"]
[Date "2011.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mo, Kevin"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8. Bc4 d6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qf3 Nf6 11. Qg3 0-0 12. Bh6 Ng4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. h3 h5 15. hxg4 Qg5 16. Rd1 hxg4 17. Nd2 Qf4 18. Qxf4 exf4 19. Nb3 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. c4 Rad8 22. c5 Bc7 23. f3 g3 24. Nd2 Be5 25. Kf1 Bd4 26. Rac1 Be3 27. Rc2 Rh8 28. b3 Kf6 29. Ke2 Rh2 30. Kf1 Rh1+ 31. Ke2 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Ke5 33. b4 Rxd2+ 34. Rxd2 Bxd2 35. Kxd2 Kd4 36. e5 Kxe5 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. a4 e5 39. a5 a6 0-1

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Crossville"]
[Date "2011.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Shetty, Atulya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2011.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. Bb3 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Bd4 b4 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. h4 e5 18. Ng5 a5 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Qf3 Bf6 21. Qxa8 exd4 22. Rhe1 Kf8 23. Bxf7 Kxf7 24. Qd5+ Kf8 25. Qe4 g6 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. Re7+ Bxe7 28. Qxe7+ Kg8 29. Re1 Qc6 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. g4 Nf8 32. Qxd4+ Kg8 33. b3 Be6 34. h5 Bf7 35. h6 Qc3 36. Qxc3 bxc3 37. Re3 Be6 38. f3 Kf7 39. Rxc3 Nd7 40. Rc8 Bd5 41. f4 g5 42. fxg5 Kg6 43. Rc7 Be6 44. Rc6 Nf8 45. Rc5 Bxg4 46. Rxa5 Ne6 47. Kc1 Nxg5 48. Kd2 Kxh6 49. Ke3 Ne6 50. Ra8 Kg5 51. Rg8+ Kf5 52. a4 Bd1 53. Kd2 Bf3 54. Rh8 h5 55. Ke3 Bd1 56. Rc8 h4 57. a5 h3 58. Kf2 Kg4 59. a6 Bf3 60. Rg8+ Kf4 61. Rh8 Bg2 62. Rc8 Be4 63. Rh8 Bg2 64. b4 Nc7 65. a7 Ke5 66. b5 Nxb5 67. Rh5+ Kd6 68. Rxb5 Bc6 69. Kg3 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Crossville"]
[Date "2011.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 c6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. dxe5 Bxe5 8. f4 Bc7 9. Nc3 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. 0-0 f6 13. a4 Nh6 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Bh5+ Nf7 16. Re1 0-0 17. Qf2 Nd6 18. b3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Bc5 Qxf4 21. Qxf4 Bxf4 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rad1 Be5 24. Bf3 a5 25. Be4 g6 26. g4 Kf7 27. Kg2 Bc7 28. Bf3 Ba6 29. h4 h6 30. c4 Bb7 31. Rd3 Bf4 32. Red1 d6 33. b4 axb4 34. Rb1 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Rxb4 Rg8+ 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. Rxb6 Ba8 39. Bxc6 Bxc6 40. Rxc6 Ra8 41. c5 Ke5 42. cxd6 Ke4 43. Rd1 Be3 44. d7 Rg8 45. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Crossville"]
[Date "2011.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Shen, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Rad1 0-0 12. Qg3 Nc5 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Be3 Qb7 15. f3 Bd7 16. a3 a5 17. Ra1 Kh8 18. Ba2 Nf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Rac8 21. Nce2 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Bc4 Na4 24. b3 Rc5 25. Qg3 Nb6 26. Bd3 Nbd5 27. Bf2 Nh5 28. Qh3 g6 29. g4 e5 30. Nf5 Ndf4 31. Nxf4 Nxf4 32. Qh6 gxf5 33. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 34. Kh1 Bc6 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ Ng6 37. Qxf5 Bd7 38. Qh5 Bc6 39. Qf5 Bd4 40. Rad1 f6 41. Be4 Bxe4 42. fxe4 Qc6 43. Rd2 Nh4 44. Rxd4 Nxf5 45. Rc4 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch U16"]
[Site "Crossville"]
[Date "2011.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Andrew"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. 0-0 Bb6 6. d4 0-0 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 exd4 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. e5 dxc3 11. Qc1 cxb2 12. Qxb2 g5 13. Bxg5 hxg5 14. exf6 g4 15. Na3 Qd5 16. Rad1 Qh5 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Nac4 Qg5 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Qe2 Rxa2 21. Qe4 Re8 22. Rfe1 b5 23. Nxg4 Ra4 24. Rd4 Bd7 25. Rxa4 Rxe4 26. Raxe4 Bxg4 27. h4 Qh5 28. g3 Be6 29. Ra1 Qd5 30. Rae1 c5 31. Kh2 b4 32. g4 b3 33. Re5 Qxe5+ 34. Rxe5 b2 35. Rg5+ Kf8 36. Rxc5 b1Q 37. Ra5 Ke8 0-1

[Event "Chicago op 20th"]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2011.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arnold, Marc Tyler"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2011.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 0-0 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rab1 Bd6 12. b4 Ng6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. h3 a6 15. a4 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Qe7 17. Nd2 Nh5 18. Bf5 Nh4 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qd1 Nf6 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Qf5 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qd3 25. Rec1 Ra3 26. Ne2 Ra2 27. Nf4 Qf5 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rb6 Ne4 30. Rbxc6 Rxf2 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32. hxg4 h6 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kh7 35. Nxd5 Ra2 36. Kh2 Nf2 37. Rc7 Kg6 38. Kg3 Ne4+ 39. Kh3 Ra1 40. Kh2 Nf2 41. Kg3 Ne4+ 42. Kf4 Ng5 43. Ke5 Ra5 44. Rd7 Ra3 45. Kd6 Ne4+ 46. Ke7 Ng5 47. Ke8 Ra8+ 48. Rd8 Ra3 49. Rc8 Kh7 50. Nc3 Ra1 51. d5 Re1 52. e4 Kg6 53. Rc6+ f6 54. d6 Nxe4 55. Nxe4 Rxe4+ 56. Kf8 Rd4 57. Rc7 f5 58. Rxg7+ Kf6 59. gxf5 Kxf5 60. d7 h5 61. Ke8 Kf6 62. Rf7+ Kg6 63. Re7 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.04.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Klings, Peter"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c3 Nc6 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Nf1 c6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 d5 13. Ba2 Be6 14. exd5 cxd5 15. d4 e4 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Qe2 Rf7 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Rc2 Kh8 21. Rd2 Rfc7 22. c4 dxc4 23. d5 Bg8 24. Bxc4 Qb4 25. b3 Rd8 26. Red1 Rcd7 27. Rd4 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d6 5. c3 Nd7 6. Nbd2 Nb6 7. Nf1 e5 8. Ng3 Bg4 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qe7 12. Qe2 h5 13. Qc2 h4 14. Ne2 d5 15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxe5 18. 0-0-0 0-0 19. Nd4 Rfe8 20. Qg4 Nd5 21. Nf5 Qf6 22. Nxh4 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Kb1 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Re5 26. a4 Qb3+ 27. Ka1 Qa3+ 28. Kb1 Rxe3 29. Rd2 Rb3+ 30. Kc2 Rb2+ 31. Kd1 Qb3+ 32. Ke1 Re8+ 33. Re2 Rbxe2+ 34. Qxe2 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Mandizha, Farai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. Be3 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. f4 0-0 10. Kh1 Rc8 11. Qd2 Na5 12. Rad1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Bg1 Qa5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. e5 Bf5 18. Qd4 dxe5 19. fxe5 Rcd8 20. exf6 Rxd4 21. fxg7 Rxd1 22. gxf8Q+ Kxf8 23. Rxd1 b6 24. Nd4 Bg4 25. Re1 Qb7 26. Be3 f6 27. Ne4 Kg7 28. Bd2 Qd5 29. Bc3 Bc8 30. Nf3 h6 31. Bb4 Qd8 32. Nf2 e5 33. Bc3 g5 34. Rd1 Qe8 35. Ne4 Qa4 36. Ng3 Be6 37. Ng1 Qxc2 38. Nh5+ Kg6 39. Rd6 Kf7 40. Rd2 Qg6 41. Ng3 h5 42. Rf2 Ke7 43. Bb4+ Ke8 44. Re2 Bd5 45. h3 h4 46. Nf1 Bxa2 47. Nh2 Bc4 48. Re3 e4 49. Ng4 f5 50. Ne5 Qe6 51. Nxc4 Qxc4 52. Bc3 Kf7 53. Re1 Qd3 54. Ne2 b5 55. Nd4 f4 56. Nc6 Kg8 57. Ne5 Qc2 58. Ra1 b4 59. Bd4 Qd2 60. Bxa7 Qxb2 61. Ra5 Qc1+ 62. Bg1 b3 63. Kh2 b2 64. Bd4 b1Q 65. Ra8+ Kg7 66. Nd3+ Kf7 67. Nxc1 Qxc1 68. Ra5 f3 69. Rf5+ Kg6 70. Rf6+ Kh5 71. g4+ hxg3+ 72. Kxg3 Qh1 73. Kf2 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Chicago op 19th"]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2010.05.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Kobas, Adnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 b5 8. Bd2 d6 9. Qe2 0-0 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Bb4 Qb6 15. Na5 Nc5 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. Rde1 Rac8 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. c3 Rcd8 20. Bb1 Rd7 21. f4 Qc7 22. f5 Red8 23. Rd1 h5 24. Bc2 c4 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. h3 h4 27. Rd1 a5 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qe1 Qd6 30. Kh2 Qd8 31. a4 Qb6 32. Qe2 Qc6 33. axb5 Qxb5 34. b3 Qc5 35. bxc4 Qa3 36. Qe3 Qa2 37. Qd3 Qa3 38. Qe3 Nd7 39. Qd3 Qe7 40. Qd5 Kh7 41. Qxa5 Qg5 42. Qa1 Qe3 43. Qd1 Qg3+ 44. Kh1 Qe3 45. Qxd7 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op 19th"]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2010.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dean, Jim H"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. c5 0-0 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 Bb7 10. h3 Re8 11. Bh2 Nf8 12. 0-0 Ng6 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. f4 f5 16. g4 Ngxe5 17. fxe5 g6 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Ne2 Ba6 20. b5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 cxb5 22. c6 Nf8 23. Nf4 Rd8 24. c7 Rd7 25. Qc6 Rxc7 26. Qxd5+ Kg7 27. Qxb5 Rc2 28. e6 Kg8 29. Qe5 Qd8 30. Nd5 Rc6 31. Nxe7+ Qxe7 32. d5 Rc2 33. Kh1 Rd8 34. e4 Qg5 35. Qg3 Qxg3 36. Bxg3 Nxe6 37. dxe6 fxe4 38. e7 Re8 39. Bd6 Kg7 40. Rf8 Rcc8 41. Re1 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 19th"]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adu, Oladapo"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3 Re8 9. Qc2 b6 10. Bb5 Bb7 11. Ne5 Rf8 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rae1 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Nf3 Raf8 18. h3 Nh6 19. Bd3 Nf5 20. Ne5 c4 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Qe2 Qg5 23. Rf3 Rxf3 24. Nxf3 Qg3 25. Ne5 Qg5 26. Kh2 h6 27. g4 Bc8 28. Kg3 Qf6 29. Kg2 Qg5 30. Rf1 Rxf1 31. Kxf1 Qe7 32. Kg2 Bd7 33. Kg3 Be8 34. h4 b5 35. a3 a5 36. Qf3 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. e4 bxc3 39. bxc3 Qd8 40. Qe3 Qb8 41. h5 Qa8 42. Kh4 Qd8+ 43. g5 dxe4 44. Kg4 hxg5 45. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 46. Kxg5 e3 47. Nf3 Kh7 48. Ng1 Ba4 49. h6 gxh6+ 50. Kf4 Bd1 51. Kxe3 Bg4 52. Kf4 h5 53. Ke5 Kg6 54. d5 exd5 55. Kxd5 Kf5 56. Kxc4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Oklahoma City op"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Johnson, Chuck"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. f4 a6 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Qe1 b5 12. a3 Qb8 13. Bf3 e5 14. Nf5 Bd8 15. Qg3 Ne8 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Bd4 f6 19. e5 Bxf5 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Rxf5 dxe5 22. Rh5 f5 23. Bc5 Rf6 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25. Nd5 Rc6 26. Rxf5 Nf6 27. Bf8 g6 28. Rff1 Qc8 29. Ne7 Bxe7 30. Bxe7 Nh5 31. Qg5 Qe6 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "Oklahoma City op"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2009.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wright, Terry"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Na4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 f5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfe1 Qf7 14. Re2 c5 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. e5 Qg6 17. f4 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Rad8 19. exd6 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 cxd6 21. Qe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Kf7 23. Re3 Be4 24. Re2 Rb8 25. b3 Re8 26. c3 Bb1 27. Rd2 c4 28. Kf2 a5 29. bxc4 Re4 30. Rd4 Bxa2 31. c5 Bb3 32. Nb6 Rxd4 33. cxd4 dxc5 34. dxc5 a4 35. c6 a3 36. Nd7 Be6 37. Nc5 a2 38. c7 a1Q 0-1

[Event "Oklahoma City op"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. Bf4 Nge7 9. Bg3 Qb6 10. dxc5 Qxb2 11. Nbd2 Qxc3 12. Nb3 Nf5 13. Bf4 Qb4 14. Qc1 Be7 15. Bd2 Qa4 16. Bd1 Qc4 17. Qb2 0-0 18. Re1 Nb4 19. Be2 Qc2 20. Qa3 Nd3 21. g4 Nxe1 22. Nxe1 Qe4 23. Bf3 Qc4 24. Rc1 Qb5 25. gxf5 fxe5 26. fxe6 Bxe6 27. Bg2 Qe2 28. f3 Bh4 29. c6 bxc6 30. Qd6 Rf6 31. Qb4 Bf2+ 32. Kh1 Rg6 33. Qb7 Rf8 34. Nc2 Rxg2 35. Kxg2 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "Oklahoma City op"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "King, Marshall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 Bg4 6. Bc4 Nxe4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Nxe4 Qd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3+ Qf5 11. Ng5+ Kf6 12. Qxb7 h6 13. g4 Qa5+ 14. b4 Qxg5 15. Bxg5+ Kxg5 16. Qxa8 Bxd4 17. Qf3 Bxa1 18. h4# 1-0

[Event "Oklahoma City op"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carbonell, Ross"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2009.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Na4 Bb6 6. Nxb6 axb6 7. f4 Bg4 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qf2 b5 12. Bb3 c5 13. Rb1 c4 14. c3 Ne6 15. dxc4 Nxe4 16. Qe3 Qh4+ 17. g3 Nxg3 18. Qf2 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Rd1 Qe7+ 21. Kd2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Winter op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2009.02.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Ding, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. cxd4 Ba6 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Rb1 Be7 11. Be3 0-0 12. a3 f6 13. Ne2 Nxe3 14. fxe3 fxe5 15. dxe5 Bh4+ 16. Ng3 Bg5 17. Kf2 c5 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. Rhd1 d4 20. e4 Be3+ 21. Ke1 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Qf8 23. Ke2 a5 24. Qd7 Ba6+ 25. Rd3 Bxd3+ 26. Kxd3 Qxf3 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Kc4 a4 29. Qc6 Rb8 30. Qc7 Rg8 31. Qb7 Bf2 32. Nf5 d3 33. Nd6 h6 34. Qd7 Rf8 35. e6 d2 36. e7 Qb3# 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Winter op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2009.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Roper, Fred D"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. h3 h6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bxb6 axb6 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Bb5 0-0 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Nh7 14. Bc4 Qh4 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qe3 Rf6 17. Ne2 Raf8 18. f4 g5 19. fxg5 Nxg5 20. e5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxh3+ 22. gxh3 Rg6+ 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Winter op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Schuller, John J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Bd3 a6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Rae1 0-0 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Ne8 16. e5 f6 17. Qh3 f5 18. Rf3 d5 19. g4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Kf1 g6 22. g5 b5 23. Qh6 Rb7 24. Nd1 Rg7 25. h4 Bb7 26. h5 d4 27. Rg3 Rff7 28. Re2 Nc7 29. Rh2 Kg8 30. Rgh3 Nd5 31. hxg6 Rxg6 32. Qxg6+ hxg6 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. R2h7# 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Winter op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Widener, Andy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Kh1 Bd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Bg1 Na5 12. Bd3 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Qd3 Qc8 15. Rae1 Rd8 16. Rf3 Bg4 17. Rff1 a6 18. h3 Bd7 19. e5 Ne8 20. Nd5 Kf8 21. Nb6 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 Qc6 23. exd6 Nxd6 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Nd5 Re8 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Bxh3 29. Rf3 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Nf5 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Re8 Qxc2+ 33. Kh3 h5 34. Rg8+ Kh7 35. Qf8 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Winter op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Langer, Mikhail"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Kd8 8. N1c3 Nge7 9. Qd2 a6 10. Nd4 d6 11. 0-0-0 b5 12. Nd5 Qe5 13. Nxe7 Nxe7 14. Nf3 Qe6 15. Qa5 Bb7 16. Ng5 Qf6 17. Rxd6+ Qxd6 18. Nxf7+ Kd7 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Be2 Nd5 22. e4 Nf6 23. Rd1+ Ke8 24. Qc7 Bxe4 25. Qxe5+ Kf7 26. Bh5+ Bg6 27. Qc7+ Kf8 28. Bf3 Re8 29. Qd6+ Kf7 30. Bd5+ Nxd5 31. Qxd5+ Kf6 32. Rf1+ Ke7 33. Qe5+ Kd7 34. Rd1+ Kc8 35. Qc5+ Kb8 36. Qb6+ Kc8 37. Qc6+ Kb8 38. Rd7 Be4 39. Qb6+ Kc8 40. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Winter op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2009.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Landolfi, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. Be3 e6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rad1 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. Bf3 c6 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. c3 Be7 19. Re2 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. f3 Qd7 22. Rde1 Bh4 23. g3 Bd8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Qb4 b5 26. Bd6 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Bb6 28. Bxf8 Qxd4+ 29. Kg2 Qg1+ 30. Kh3 Qf1+ 31. Rg2 Qxf3 32. Be7 f6 33. Rd2 Qf5+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kf1 Qf3+ 36. Ke1 Qe4+ 37. Kd1 Qb1+ 38. Ke2 Qe4+ 39. Kf1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stillwater Winter op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2009.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "London, Dimitri"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. 0-0 d6 5. h3 Nge7 6. c3 0-0 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Ng6 10. a3 h6 11. Nd5 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bd3 Ra5 15. Be3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Raf5 17. Nh2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Ng4 h5 20. d5 hxg4 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Rac1 gxh3 23. Qxh3 Qf6 24. Rxc6 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kh2 Rf6 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Rc3 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 Rh6 30. Rh3 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Rxh3+ 32. Qxh3+ Qh6 33. a4 Qxh3+ 34. gxh3 c5 35. Kg3 Kg6 36. Kf4 Kf6 37. Ke4 Ke6 38. b3 g5 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Qualifier"]
[Site "Tulsa"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Berry, James E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. a3 d6 8. h3 0-0 9. 0-0 Qe7 10. Nh2 Kh8 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. cxb3 Rad8 14. Ne2 d5 15. Ng3 dxe4 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Nf5 e3 18. fxe3 Qe6 19. Qf2 Rxd3 20. Qh4 Ng8 21. Ng4 Qg6 22. Kh1 Qg5 23. Qe1 h5 24. Nh2 e4 25. Rf4 Nf6 26. Qe2 Rfd8 27. h4 Qg6 28. Rg1 Rd2 29. Qf1 Rxb2 30. g4 Rdd2 31. Rg3 Rxh2+ 32. Kg1 hxg4 33. Ne7 Bxe3+ 34. Rxe3 Rbg2+ 35. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Nxe7 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Qualifier"]
[Site "Tulsa"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Mason, Mike W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qe6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Re1 0-0 10. d4 Qf5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Qxc2 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Bf4 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Qb4 Rfd8 19. Qa5 b6 20. Qb4 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Be4 24. f3 Bxd5 25. a3 Be6 26. Re2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Qualifier"]
[Site "Tulsa"]
[Date "2008.03.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian, Robert"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. 0-0 Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Nc3 h6 9. Re1 Nge7 10. h3 0-0 11. Be3 f5 12. d5 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 f4 14. Re1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. d6 Nc6 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxe5 cxd6 20. Qd4 f3 21. g3 Qc8 22. Kh2 Bd7 23. g4 Bxg4 24. Rg1 h5 25. hxg4 Qd8 26. g5 Rf4 27. Nd5 Rh4+ 28. Kg3 Qxg5+ 29. Kxf3 Rg4 30. Rxg4 Qxg4+ 31. Ke3 Rf8 32. Rf1 Rf3+ 33. Kd2 h4 34. Kc1 Qg2 35. Qd1 Rxf2 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Ng6+ Kg8 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Rxf2+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Qualifier"]
[Site "Tulsa"]
[Date "2008.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Galant, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qd2 Nxe3 9. Qxe3 Qb6 10. Qc1 g6 11. Ne2 Qb4+ 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. Bd3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 0-0 16. h4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. h5 Bxd3+ 19. cxd3 Qe5+ 20. Kf1 Qd4 21. Qe1 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Winter op"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2008.02.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Langer, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. h3 0-0 9. Bd3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. 0-0 Nbd7 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. f4 Nh5 15. Nf5 Bf6 16. Kh1 Nc5 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Ng3 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Be5 21. Rxf7 Bc8 22. Qe2 Bxg3 23. Raf1 Be6 24. R7f3 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Winter op"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2008.02.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Trammell, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be6 8. h3 Be7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. 0-0 d5 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Nd2 e4 14. Bc4 Qe5 15. Re1 0-0 16. c3 Rad8 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Qc4 f5 20. Bf4 Qe6 21. f3 Na5 22. Qe2 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Bd6 24. fxe4 fxe4 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Nxe4 Qe5 27. b4 Nc6 28. Qc4 Kh8 29. Nf6 Rxf6 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd1 h6 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Re8 34. b5 axb5 35. Qxb5 Re7 36. a4 Nb8 37. Qc5 Nc6 38. a5 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Ra1 40. Qf8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qxb7 Nxa5 44. Qb2 Rf1 45. c4 Rf6 46. Qb5 Nc6 47. c5 Kg8 48. g4 g5 49. Qe2 Kg7 50. Kg3 Kf8 51. h4 Kg7 52. Qd2 Kg6 53. Qe3 Na5 54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qe7+ Rf7 56. Qe5+ Kg6 57. c6 Nxc6 58. Qe4+ Kg7 59. Qxc6 gxh4+ 60. Kxh4 Rf6 61. Qd7+ Kg6 62. Qe8+ Kg7 63. Kh5 Rf7 64. Qxf7+ Kxf7 65. Kxh6 Kg8 66. Kg6 Kh8 67. Kf7 Kh7 68. g5 Kh8 69. Kg6 Kg8 70. Kh6 Kh8 71. g6 Kg8 72. g7 Kf7 73. Kh7 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Winter op"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Anderson, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 Be7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Ne2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Ng3 0-0 9. Be3 Re8 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. cxd4 a6 12. 0-0 b5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. h3 Bb7 15. Bd3 Nf8 16. Nh2 f5 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. f4 Bc8 19. Ne2 Nb4 20. Bb1 a5 21. a3 Na6 22. Ba2 Bd7 23. Qf3 b4 24. g4 Bb5 25. gxf5 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 exf5 27. a4 Nc7 28. Rac1 Nfe6 29. Qh5 Rf8 30. Bb1 Qe8 31. Qxe8 Raxe8 32. Rc6 g6 33. Ba2 Kf7 34. Rfc1 Bd8 35. Rd6 Be7 36. Rd7 Rd8 37. Rdxc7 Nxc7 38. Rxc7 Ke6 39. Rc6+ Kf7 40. Ra6 b3 41. Bxb3 Bb4 42. Nf3 Kg7 43. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Winter op"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Galant, Sergey"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. h3 h6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 Bb6 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Rad1 Be6 11. Bb3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nh5 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. e5 Rad8 17. exd6 Ng6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne4 c6 20. Qe3 Rf7 21. Ng3 Nhf4 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Rdf8 24. c4 c5 25. f3 Ng6 26. Qe3 Nf4 27. Ne2 Nxe2 28. Qxe2 Qa4 29. a3 Re8 30. Qe4+ Kg8 31. Rfe1 Qd7 32. Qe3 Qc6 33. Kg1 Qd7 34. Qe4 Rf6 35. Rd3 Kf7 36. Rb3 Rb8 37. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Winter op"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lee, Marvin"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. 0-0 Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Nc3 h6 9. Nd5 Nge7 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. a3 0-0 12. Bc4 Bg4 13. Be2 Kh8 14. b4 d5 15. e5 Ng6 16. Be3 f5 17. Qd3 Qe8 18. h3 Bh5 19. Bd2 Nd8 20. Rfc1 Ne6 21. g3 c6 22. Kh2 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 f4 24. Bh5 Nxe5 25. Qe2 Nxd4 26. Qd1 fxg3+ 27. Kh1 Qe6 28. Bg4 Nxg4 29. hxg4 Qe4+ 30. f3 Rxf3 31. Qg1 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Winter op"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Black "Berry, James E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 e6 10. Qb3 Rc8 11. Qxb7 Qd8 12. Ba6 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Qxc8 Qxc8 15. Bxc8 Nxf4 16. b4 Bd6 17. Nc5 Ke7 18. Ba6 Rb8 19. a4 e5 20. Bb5 Nd8 21. Kd2 f6 22. Rhe1 Nf7 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Nd3 Kf6 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Re8 Rb6 27. Ra8 Ne5 28. Rxa7 Nxf3+ 29. Ke2 Nxh2 30. f3 Be5 31. Rh1 Bxc3 32. Rxh2 Re6+ 33. Kf2 Bd4+ 34. Kf1 Bxa7 35. Rxh7 Re3 36. Be2 d4 37. Rh4 g5 38. Rh7 Re7 39. Rxe7 Kxe7 40. a5 Kd6 41. b5 Kc5 42. b6 Bb8 43. Kg2 Kc6 44. Kh3 Kb7 45. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Winter op"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Orton, William R"]
[Black "Cao, Kevin Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 d6 5. c3 Bg4 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. d3 Nf6 9. Qb3 0-0 10. Nbd2 a5 11. b5 Ne7 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Qd7 14. Nh2 Nxg4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Re1 Kh8 17. Ndf1 f5 18. Be3 fxe4 19. dxe4 Bf3 20. Be6 Qe8 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. Re3 Bh5 23. Ng3 Rf6 24. Bh3 Bf7 25. Qc2 h5 26. Rf3 Rg6 27. Kh1 d5 28. Bf5 Rf6 29. Bh3 Rg6 30. Nf5 dxe4 31. Nxe7 exf3 32. Nxg6+ Bxg6 33. Bf5 Bf7 34. Nxf3 Bd5 35. Be4 Qe6 36. Nh2 Rf8 37. f3 g5 38. Bxd5 Qxd5 39. Rd1 Qe6 40. Qe4 Qe7 41. Rd5 Re8 42. Qg6 h4 43. Ng4 Rf8 44. Qh6+ Qh7 45. Qxf8+ 1-0

